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Continue reading “Does Mark Recchi Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Aubrey Dit Clapper
Dit Clapper’s Career
- NHL: 1927-47; 20 seasons, 8 out of 10 quality as a forward (by modern standards of PPG) and at least 8 out of 10 quality as a D (by Defensive Point Shares)
- Totals:
- 228G (8th All Time at his retirement),
- 246A (6th) for
- 474P (6th) in
- 833 games (1st) – Clapper held the record for games played until the 1956-57 season
- 94.3 PS (5th)
- At his retirement, Clapper was 18th All Time in GPG and PPG, and 20th in APG (minimum 500 games, since Clapper doesn’t meet the qualifiers for APG or PPG)
- At his retirement, Clapper was 6th All Time in Offensive Point Shares and 11th All time in Defensive Point Shares
- Era: Of the 7 players to play in at least 600 games between 1927 and 1947, Clapper is
- 3rd in Goals, GPG, Points and DPS,
- 2nd in Assists,
- 4th in APG and PPG,
- 1st in OPS, PS and Games
- 82-game average: 22G, 25A for 47P; 9.2 PS
- 3-year peak (1929-32): 44-game average of 26G, 16A for 43P (as a forward)
- Playoffs: 13G, 17A for 30 points in 82 games
- Adjusted: 382G, 508A for 890P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 50A for 88P
- Never Traded.
Milt Schmidt
Milt Schmidt’s Career
- NHL: 1936-42, 1945-55; 16 seasons, 14 quality
- Totals:
- 229G (14th All Time at his retirement),
- 346A (3rd) for
- 575P (4th) in
- 776 games (2nd),
- 63.3 PS (22nd)
- At his retirement, Schmidt was 13th All time in OPS
- Per game: At his retirement, Schmidt was
- 25th All Time in GPG
- 7th in APG (out of 8 qualifying players)
- 13th in PPG (out of 13 qualifying players)
- Era: Of the 6 players to play it at least 700 games between 1936 and 1955, Schmidt is
- 3rd in Goals, GPG, PPG and PS,
- 1st in Assists, APG and Games,
- 2nd in Points and OPS
- 82-game average: 25G, 37A for 61P
- 3-year peak (1939-42): 48-game average of 18G, 28A for 46P
- Playoffs:
- 24G,
- 25A for
- 49P in 86 games
- Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
- 305G, 540A for 845P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 32G, 57A for 89P
- Schmidt is not on any PG leader-boards
- VsX:
- 423G
- 782A
- 1,030P
- Schmidt is 18th All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
- Hockey-Reference:
- Never traded.
Milt Schmidt’s Accomplishments
- Hart (’51)
- Top 5 in Hart voting a further four times (’40, ’47, ’50, ’52)
- Back Check Best Player (’40)
- Back Check MVP (’40)
- Top Player:
- Top 5 Player (by Point Shares) once (’40),
- Top 10 twice (’47)
- Best Offensive Player (by Offensive Point Shares) once (’40),
- Top 5 thrice (’47, ’51)
- Goals:
- Leader-boards:
- Top 5 in Goals once,
- Top 10 three times
- GPG leader-boards:
- Top 5 in GPG once,
- Top 10 four times
- Single-season totals:
- 25 goals once, 20
- goals four times
- Leader-boards:
- Assists:
- Leader-boards:
- Led the league in Assists once,
- Top 5 four times
- APG leader-boards:
- Led the league in APG once,
- Top 5 four times
- Leader-boards:
- Points:
- Leader-boards:
- Led the league in Points once,
- Top 5 thrice,
- Top 10 five times
- PPG leader-boards:
- Top 5 in PPG thrice,
- Top 10 five times
- Single-season totals:
- 60 points twice (1 of only 12 players to do so at his retirement)
- 50 points four times (1 of only 13 players at his retirement)
- Leader-boards:
- All Star:
- 1st Team All Star thrice,
- 2nd Team once
- 4 All Star Games
- VsX:
- Best 7 Seasons:
- Goals: 123rd All Time
- Assists: 43rd All Time
- Points: 56th All Time
- Best 10 Seasons:
- Goals: 113th All Time
- Assists: 51st All Time
- Points: 68th All Time
- Best 7 Seasons:
Great Teams
- NHL:
- Best Player (by points) on one Runner Up (’46 Bruins) and two Final Fours (’47, ’48 Bruins),
- Best Skater (led playoffs in points) on one Champion (’41 Bruins),
- Top 6 Forward (by points) on one Champion (’39 Bruins), one Runner Up (’53 Bruins) and three Final Fours (’49, ’52, ’54 Bruins),
- Top 9 Forward (by points) on one Final Four (’51 Bruins),
- Role Player (by points) on two Final Fours (’38, ’40 Bruins)
- Senior:
- Best Player (by points) on one Allan Cup Champion (’42 RCAF Flyers)
Schmidt didn’t deserve his Hart the one year he won it, but might have deserved it another year. And he wasn’t as offensively dominant as long as some of the greats of his era. And, despite some strong playoffs, he also had many weak playoffs. But I can’t shake the feeling he belongs.
Max Bentley
Max Bentley’s Career
- NHL: 1940-43; 1945-54; 12 seasons, 11 quality
- Totals:
- 245G (7th All Time at his retirement),
- 299A (5th) for
- 544P (5th) in
- 646 games (14th),
- 56.6 PS
- At his retirement, Bentley was 19th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
- Per Game: At his retirement, Bentley was
- 10th All time in GPG, and
- 9th in APG and GPG
- Era: Of the 10 players to play in at least 600 games between 1940 and 1954, Bentley is
- 3rd in Goals, GPG and Points,
- 2nd in Assists and APG,
- 4th in PPG and OPS,
- 6th in PS and
- 5th in Games
- 82-game average: 31G, 38A for 69P
- 3-year peak (1942-47): 50-game average of 28G, 38A for 67P
- Playoffs: 18G, 27A for 45P in 51 games
- Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
- 298G, 436A for 734P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 55A for 93P
- Per Game: Not in the Top 25
- VsX:
- 417G
- 622A
- 876P
- Per Game:
- 23rd All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
- 23rd All Time in VsX Adjusted PPG
- Hockey Reference:
- Trades:
Syd Howe
Career
- NHL: 1929-46; 17 seasons, 12 quality
- 237G (6th All Time at his retirement), 291A (2nd) for 528P (1st[1. Howe was the career leader in points from 1944-45 to 1946-47]) in 698 games (4th); 55.8 PS (21st)
- At his retirement, Howe was 8th in GPG, 2nd in APG and 5th in PPG[2. Minimum 500 games, 34 qualifying players]
- At his retirement, Howe was 15th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
- Era: 2nd in Goals and GPG, 1st in Assists, APG, Points and PPG, 3rd in OPS and Games, 5th in PS[3. Of the 6 players to play in at least 600 games between 1929 and 1946, as only 3 played in 650 games over that span]
- 82-game average: 28G, 34A for 62P
- 3-year peak (1942-45): 50-game average of 25G, 35A for 59P
- Playoffs: 17G, 27A[4. Howe was the career leader in playoff assists in 1944] for 27 points[5. Howe was the career leader in playoff points from 1944 to 1946] in 44 games
- Adjusted: 343G, 506A for 849P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 40G, 59A for 100P
- Traded once in his prime, traded to the AHL[6. I.e. waived] at the end of his career, claimed in a dispersal draft.